Babysitting George
Babysitting George

Author: Celia Walden

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2012-05-10

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 1408822202

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August, 2003. Celia Walden, a young reporter, receives an unusual phone call from her editor. She is to drop everything and fly to Malta in an attempt to track down a legendary footballer and keep him from the press. George Best, an alcoholic with his personal life in chaos, isn't, however, the easiest man to find. But the unlikely friendship that develops between George and Celia reveals an intelligent and complex human being. Babysitting George is a tender account of a unique relationship between a young woman and a dying star, which questions the exploitative nature of fame and tabloid journalism, the horrors of addiction and the humane, implausible friendships that can change one's life forever.

This Must Be the Place
This Must Be the Place

Author: Susan Jackson Rodgers

Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press

Published: 2017-08-22

Total Pages: 187

ISBN-13: 1501758020

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It's the summer of 1983. Ronald Reagan is in the White House, Princess Leia is on magazine covers, and Thea Knox is on the road. Fresh out of college, Thea is driving solo from California to New York. Her plan is to house-sit for her parents for the summer, but they sell her childhood home on a whim, leaving Thea (once again) to her own devices. She takes a detour to visit her Aunt Wendy in Merdale, a college town nestled in the Kansas prairie. Unlike Dorothy, Thea's adventure begins when she arrives in Kansas. Thea is immediately surrounded by her aunt's group of friends, including Julie, a bookstore owner; Nick, Julie's carpenter boyfriend; Bob, a stoner wildlife rehabilitator; and Amira, a lawyer who works with runaway girls. When she finds herself in love at first sight with Jimmy Ward, a local with a hazy past, Thea decides to extend her stay. Not everyone welcomes her into the fold, however, and Thea's own past—including her distant best friend and erstwhile boyfriends on either coast—is nipping at her heels. When she discovers a terrible secret that could upend Jimmy's world, the spell of happiness she has woven in this unlikely place threatens to break. This compelling coming-of-age novel explores the search for identity, love, friendship, and home, and celebrates the magic and mystery that exist in even the most ordinary places.

Family of Secrets
Family of Secrets

Author: Russ Baker

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2010-05-01

Total Pages: 593

ISBN-13: 1608191923

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"Shocking in its disclosures, elegantly crafted, and faultlessly measured in its judgments."-Roger Morris, author of Richard Milhous Nixon and Partners in Power How did the deeply flawed George W. Bush ascend to the highest office in the nation, what forces abetted his rise, and-perhaps most important-were those forces really vanquished by Obama's election? Award-winning investigative journalist Russ Baker gives us the answers in Family of Secrets, a compelling and startling new take on the Bush dynasty and the shadowy elite that has quietly steered the American republic for the past half century and more. Baker shows how this network of figures in intelligence, the military, oil, and finance enabled-and in turn benefited handsomely from-the Bushes' perch at the highest levels of government. As Baker reveals, this deeply entrenched elite remains in power regardless of who sits in the Oval Office. Family of Secrets offers countless disclosures that challenge the conventional accounts of such central events as the JFK assassination and Watergate. It includes an inside account of George W.'s cynical religious conversion and the untold real background to the disastrous response to Hurricane Katrina. Baker's narrative is gripping, sobering, and deeply sourced. It will change the way we understand not just the Bush years, but a half century of postwar history-and the present.

Places the Dead Call Home
Places the Dead Call Home

Author: Paul L Hall

Publisher: Paul Hall

Published: 2006-12

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 9780595410712

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Places the Dead Call Home begins on a summer night in 1958, as bullets tear through the body of a young man on a lonely Oklahoma highway. Nineteen years later, a soldier lies in the pool of his own blood on an army base in Virginia. Death has made room at home for both of them. Death can always find room for more. Josh Kincaid is happy with life in Phoenix where he manages a bar and sells a few drugs on the side. His serenity is soon shattered, however, by a call from his cousin, Frankie McKnight, who claims to know why Josh's father died many years earlier in the parking lot of a gas station in Oklahoma City. Soon, a reporter named Jeffrey Bonus and his traveling companion, Jeanette Koskos, arrive with questions for Josh about the death of Bonus's father, a highly decorated army colonel. All of these characters converge on Mesa Verde, where Josh and Frankie seek the answer to Jimmy Kincaid's destiny and Bonus hopes to learn the true fate of his father. But others are making plans of their own to ensure that the dead stay where they belong-the places they call home.

Babysitting Bandit
Babysitting Bandit

Author: Carolyn Keene

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2009-11-10

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 1416997024

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Whoa, baby! When a neighbor hires Nancy, Bess, and George to take care of her eighteen-month-old identical twins, the girls are happy to help. After all, the Clue Crew has stopped would-be thieves, uncovered scams, and recovered stolen objects -- how hard can watching a couple of babies be? But being a mother's helper is trickier than they thought, especially when the twins' toys start disappearing. Can the Clue Crew look after the babies and figure out who's taking the toys, or are they in too far over their heads this time?

Friends and Strangers: A Read with Jenna Pick
Friends and Strangers: A Read with Jenna Pick

Author: J. Courtney Sullivan

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 2021-04-27

Total Pages: 498

ISBN-13: 0525436472

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A TODAY SHOW #ReadWithJenna BOOK CLUB PICK • An insightful and compulsively readable novel about a complicated friendship between two women who are at two very different stages in life, from the best-selling author of Maine and Saints for All Occasions. "Once again, Sullivan has shown herself to be one of the wisest and least pretentious chroniclers of modern life."—The Washington Post Elisabeth, an accomplished journalist and new mother, is struggling to adjust to life in a small town after nearly twenty years in New York City. Alone in the house with her infant son all day (and awake with him much of the night), she feels uneasy, adrift. She neglects her work, losing untold hours to her Brooklyn moms' Facebook group, her "influencer" sister's Instagram feed, and text messages with the best friend she never sees anymore. Enter Sam, a senior at the local women's college, whom Elisabeth hires to babysit. Sam is struggling to decide between the path she's always planned on and a romantic entanglement that threatens her ambition. She's worried about student loan debt and what the future holds. In short order, they grow close. But when Sam finds an unlikely kindred spirit in Elisabeth's father-in-law, the true differences between the women's lives become starkly revealed and a betrayal has devastating consequences. A masterful exploration of motherhood, power dynamics, and privilege in its many forms, Friends and Strangers reveals how a single year can shape the course of a life.

His Secret Past
His Secret Past

Author: Ellen Hartman

Publisher: Harlequin

Published: 2008-05-01

Total Pages: 245

ISBN-13: 1426817185

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Money, women and fame aren't everything they're cracked up to be. Former rock star Mason Star should know. He had it all and lost it. Now, years later, he's about to lose even more: his son and Mulligan's, the community center he's poured his heart into. Returning to the public eye is the last thing Mason wants to do—but Anna Walsh's documentary is the only chance he has to save Mulligan's. Besides, Anna won't take no for an answer…and the beautiful, complicated woman has proved to be very persuasive. Especially on the dance floor… But what Anna wants may be more than he can give.

Days
Days

Author: Frederick Markel

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2011-02-26

Total Pages: 137

ISBN-13: 1456836595

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Many Are Called Few Are Chosen
Many Are Called Few Are Chosen

Author: Lillian Williams

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2006-09

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 0595412041

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In war-torn Egypt, a six-year-old girl struggles against certain death while isolated in a hospital for contagious diseases. Against all odds, this little girl, Lilly, miraculously survives with the help of a nun, her angel, and as their relationship deepens, a whole new world of spirituality is revealed to Lilly. As she grows, marries, and matures, she becomes an instrument between the material and spiritual world. With the nun's help and through constant self-study, Lilly awakens from her hypnotic psychological sleep, and is able to tap into her higher self. Although the book has the flavor of a novel, it is based on true facts and events. Its central theme is an astonishing discovery she came upon slowly-yet in the end definitively-that like her, many people have the ability to reach their higher selves. This capacity can be attained by anyone who makes a reasonable effort at developing it. Through her story, she explains how to become aware of the signals and information the higher self is sending. Many Are Called, Few Are Chosen is Lillian Williams' gift to humankind, a story of spirituality and self-discovery.

He Loves me He Loves me not!
He Loves me He Loves me not!

Author: Mardi Marsh

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2023-03-23

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13:

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A Light - hearted and funny Romance. 'He Loves me He Loves me not!' Is the universe conspiring against Lula ? From the green fields of Ireland and the unfortunate dealings with the underworld, Lula continues stumbling through her eventful life, aided by her BFFs. From coping daily with dyslexia and a passed trauma in her childhood. A dramatic incident leaves Lula devastated. Everything in Lula’s world is fractured - can she get back on course? She falls into a situation she does not expect with a rewarding outcome. Love has sent her on a merry dance, she wanted to find 'us' her favourite word. She must except the cards that are delt and as always be positive with what comes next! Her stars said this was the year! But who would she choose and more important - who was her baby's Father!